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The National Cycling Participation Survey (NCPS) is a standardised survey that has been repeated biennially since March/April 2011, with minor changes to the survey structure between 2011 and 2013. The NCPS provides data on cycling participation at a national level and allows for estimates of participation for each state and territory, and the capital cities and non-capital areas within each state and territory.

Cycling participation rates across Australia are measured over the previous week, month and year. Measured over the previous week the cycling participation rate has changed from 18.2% in 2011 (95% CI: 17.6% – 18.8%), to 16.5% (95% CI: 15.8% - 17.2%) in 2013 and 17.4% (95% CI: 16.6% - 18.4%) in 2015. Nationally there has been no statistically significant change in participation measured over the previous week between 2011 and 2015.

When measured over the previous month and year there appears to have been a decline in Australian cycling participation since 2011: